Expansive framing increased high school biology students' transfer-of-knowing of facts between body systems (d = .89)¶
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q3 i3 Students in the expansive condition transferred 42% of facts they knew versus 21% in the bounded condition (d = .89; F(1,20) = 4.37, p = .04). → Randi A. Engle 2011
Evidence¶
Randi A. Engle 2011¶
Randi A. Engle, Phi D. Nguyen, Adam Mendelson. (2011). The influence of framing on transfer: initial evidence from a tutoring experiment. Instr Sci 39:603–628. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-010-9145-2
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Results of a 2x2 ANOVA on the transfer-of-knowing measure in a randomized one-on-one tutoring experiment with 24 high school biology students. Expansive-condition students showed "transferring 42% of facts they knew" versus 21% for bounded-condition students.
"with students in the expansive condition transferring 42% of facts they knew while those in the bounded condition only transferred 21% of them (d = .89; F(1,20) = 4.37, p = .04)"
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Related Claims¶
- Expansive framing increased transfer-of-knowing of the differential pressure principle (d = .95) — related
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- Expansive framing increased transfer-after-exposure of facts (d = .94) — related
- Expansive framing increased spontaneous transfer of the diagram-drawing learning strategy (7 of 12 vs. 1 of 12 students) — related
- A non-significant trend favored expansive framing on transfer-of-learning of facts (36% vs. 13%, p = .09) — related
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- Students perceived the intended expansive versus bounded framing manipulation (d = 1.4) — related
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Expansive framing increased high school biology students' transfer-of-knowing of facts between body systems (d = .89) |
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Expansive framing increased high school biology students' transfer-of-knowing of facts between body systems (d = .89) |
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